Hey girls! So I have been “gettin’ her done” today! I spent most of yesterday playing musical chairs with my kids beds. The result… I was finally ready to tackle this project today. My kids rooms have been at the very, very back of my mind since we moved in a few months ago. I have learned that if I don’t wait until I WANT to do something that it usually ends up looking half done so I have been patiently waiting to get the itch to start theirs. I’m sure it was the blog and the endless amount of projects I could post that finally did it:)
I love these shanty shutters that Ashley found up for me about a month ago. I had 2 sets in the corner of my dining room on the floor and two sets that belonged to my mom out in the garage. I just left them laying around until I WANTED to do something with them… See how that works? When I moved the queen bed from my son’s room to my daughter’s room I was in need of a new headboard. As I was walking through the garage one day and staring at them I finally found their purpose… Here’s how I did it…
~I removed all of the old hardware from the shutters and laid them face down on the ground, side-by-side
~I used a couple of 1×2’s and a 1×4 to brace all of the shutters together. I put a small line of gorilla glue under each piece and then used wood screws and my drill to secure them.
~I flipped the whole piece over and laid it face up. We had some spare crown in our garage so I cut a piece of that, angled at each end and attached it to the top of the shutters using gorilla glue, 2 wood screws and some finishing nails.
~I spray painted the cute scroll pink and let it dry while painting the headboard. I used Olympic Satin in Aloe Vera… love this color!
~After letting it dry I attached the scroll with gorilla glue and a few finishing nails. I then used my block sander on the entire thing. I scraped just about every edge.
~You can guess my next step… Ralph Lauren Smoke Glaze… Painted it on and wiped most of it off to give it a perfect aged look
~Final step… I used D-ring hangers on the back of the headboard and anchors and screws on the wall. I want to give props to Cobra Triple Grip anchors… I can’t tell you how many anchors I have used in the past that were cheap and flimsy and left a big mess on my wall… Not these! They are superb!
So… You want to see it in her room??? Me too!! Here it is!! I will be posting this at Between Naps on the Porch for Metamorphosis Monday! Go check it out…great stuff there! http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2009/09/welcome-to-34th-metamorphosis-monday.html I will also be posting this at Sanctuary Arts at Home “You Should Have Seen it Before” Party at http://sanctuaryart.blogspot.com/2009/09/you-should-have-seen-it-before.html Lot’s of great stuff…go check it out.
Completely lovely! Perfect shade of green.
CA-UTE!
Oh MY Gosh, I absolutely love this. The color, the glaze, the top molding piece, Everything. You did an awesome job!
Debra
That's really amazing!! I love the colors you chose too!
Thanks for sharing this great idea!!
Kaylee G.
divinevintage.blogspot.com
That is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!! Man, now I need to look for shutter…..lol
Love the shutters…perfect for a headboard! Thanks for sharing!
An adorable headboard! How creative you are! The color is so feminine and sweet. GREAT job! Sigh…now if I could just think of things like that!!!
That is darling! What a great idea … and I love that it is green.
-Angela
The headboard is stunning. Love the color!! I'm sure your daughter loves her new bed.
WOW! It's awesome and beautiful! You did an amazing job! I love it!
It looks like an awesome "diy show off" submission! 😉
Nice to "meet" you!
Roeshel
i love love love what you did here! I have yet to come across some of these shutters but i cant wait until i do because they look slike so much fun to work with! great blog girls!
That turned out so cute! It looks totally easy too! Great job!
I meant some not soom!! and are not our typos!
Very pretty; what is really funny is I have shutters about identical to those. I have used them in various places at various time. Right now soom are covering the cat poop area (how un-chic) and some our in front of one of our fireplace areas. But you have achieved real genius. So mine is the shabby and yours the chic!!
My post for Met. monday is not found at this comment link–you have to go to my other blog found here:
http://spindlecottage.blogspot.com/2009/09/transforming-for-fall.html
i LOVE LOVE it!!!! that turned out so cute 🙂 thanks for sharing and great job!